Inhaling Delhi's poisonous air is the same as smoking 44 cigarettes a day
A thick haze has settled on Delhi, India's capital, causing serious health dangers for inhabitants as heavy pollution plagues the city for the 4th straight day. The air is heavy by microscopic particles, smaller than two.five micrometers in diameter, which could lodge deep within a man's lungs. Air quality readings in the zone have shock the one,000 mark on the U.S. Embassy air quality index over the final few days, CNN reports. For even further context, the Berkeley Earth Science study group found which breathing the air in Delhi is similar to smoking 44 cigarettes a day — or further than two packs. inhabitants feel suffocated by the haze, & doctors are seeing an promote in patients complaining of chest pain & burning eyes, CNN reports. Air quality in Fresh Delhi 'worst than smoking 50 cigarettes a day' People in the world's generality polluted capital city are requesting action to curb emissions after waking up to a massive blanket of smog. inhabitant